Command-line argument — In computer command line interfaces, a command line argument is an argument sent to a program being called. In general, a program can take any number of command line arguments, which may be necessary for the program to run, or may even be ignored … Wikipedia
command-line argument — A parameter that alters the default mode of a command. In many operating systems, a commandline argument is one or more letters or numbers preceded by the / (slash) character. In Unix, a command line argument may be called an option or a flag… … Dictionary of networking
Command-line interface — Screenshot of a sample Bash session. GNOME Terminal 3, Fedora 15 … Wikipedia
Command-line interpreter — A command line interpreter (also command line shell, command language interpreter) is a computer program that reads lines of text entered by a user and interprets them in the context of a given operating system or programming language. Command… … Wikipedia
Switch (disambiguation) — NOTOC Switch may mean: Technology * Switch, or (more formally) Electromechanical switch or Electric switch, all meaning a device for making or breaking an electric circuit, or for selecting between multiple circuits; in usage the former… … Wikipedia
Command and Data modes (modem) — Command and Data modes refer to the two modes in which a computer modem may operate. These modes are defined in the Hayes command set, which is the de facto standard for all modems. These modes exist because there is only one channel of… … Wikipedia
Command pattern — In object oriented programming, the command pattern is a design pattern in which an object is used to represent and encapsulate all the information needed to call a method at a later time. This information includes the method name, the object… … Wikipedia
Hayes command set — The Hayes command set is a specific command language originally developed for the Hayes Smartmodem 300 baud modem in 1981. The command set consists of a series of short text strings which combine together to produce complete commands for… … Wikipedia
cd (command) — cd, sometimes also available as chdir (change directory), is a command line command to change the current working directory in operating systems such as Unix, DOS, OS/2, AmigaOS (where if a bare path is given, cd is implied), Windows, and Linux.… … Wikipedia
1ESS switch — The Number One Electronic Switching System, the first large scale Stored Program Control (SPC) telephone exchange or Electronic Switching System in the Bell System, was introduced in Succasunna, New Jersey, in May 1965[1]. The switching fabric… … Wikipedia
Bypass switch — A Bypass Switch is a hardware device that provides a fail safe access port for an in line monitoring appliance such as an intrusion prevention system (IPS), firewall, WAN optimization device or unified threat management system. In line monitoring … Wikipedia